diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ldap.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ldap.py
index 1c88c6079ffb..35c90a7d45ac 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ldap.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ldap.py
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ def _open(self):
                 if self.ldap['certificate']:
                     try:
                         res = self._handle.sasl_non_interactive_bind_s('EXTERNAL')
-                        if self.ldap['verbose_logging']:
-                            self.logger.debug('Successfully bound to [%s] using client certificate.', server)
                         break
                     except Exception as e:
                         saved_simple_error = e